Close the deal!

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Originally Posted by smootness

I don't think anybody's totally bummed yet or anything, but any time a prospect goes on another visit, all bets are off, at least for those like us who don't know what he's thinking.

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If Leach has his in home tonight with him, I?d say he?s a Bulldog.

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Originally Posted by MarketingBully

Guys. Are we really going to let a day visit bring us down? If he were extremely serious about Washington wouldn?t he set up a weekend visit this weekend to go through everything? To me this screams he wants another school to compare his experience he had at MSU just to have something to compare it too. I think Leach closes it out tonight and we have Costello as our starting QB for next year as our highest rated ever QB.

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Bring us down? No. Discuss? Yes.

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Originally Posted by FISHDAWG

fair point ... I'm not totally up to date on all the transfer stuff - I thought maybe Clemson was after a back up .... and yes Lawrence still has 2 years of eligibility but I think he's gone after next season

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All good here. Chase Brice is currently at Clemson right now though. He’s been there backing up Lawrence for the last 2 years & now he’s looking to go elsewhere to play his final 2 years of eligibility somewhere. He’s got to be a talented kid if Clemson signed him out of HS, but he’s extremely unproven and inexperienced like Tommy was. I wouldn’t be against him coming necessarily but he’d have a lot to prove to get me super excited about it.

Costello on the other hand is uber talented and proven and a known commodity. He’s a big time player who changes the entire outlook on a season. HUGE drop off going from him down to Brice. Need the Pirate to seal the deal tonight with Costello.

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Originally Posted by Johnson85

Random hijack, but what is Petersen's deal? Did he just get tired of coaching? Have health issues? I'm assuming he had absolute job security when he resigned?

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He has made a shitload of money and never struck me as a football lifer anyway. He stayed at Boise st for so long because he wanted to stay in the PNW for family reasons, hence why he turned down USC and other blue bloods and ended up going to Washington when he did finally leave Boise. He's not a football only kinda guy, he just likes football, is good at coaching it, and made enough money doing it that he can retire early and enjoy parenting his kids while having already financially secured their futures (if he wants to leave them $$).

Leach has only had one transfer quarterback, Gardner Minshew. So I don't think looking for transfers is something he will continue to do. Maybe this year to get everyone on board with his Air Raid offense.

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Originally Posted by HailStateSZN19

All good here. Chase Brice is currently at Clemson right now though. He?s been there backing up Lawrence for the last 2 years & now he?s looking to go elsewhere to play his final 2 years of eligibility somewhere. He?s got to be a talented kid if Clemson signed him out of HS, but he?s extremely unproven and inexperienced like Tommy was. I wouldn?t be against him coming necessarily but he?d have a lot to prove to get me super excited about it.

Costello on the other hand is uber talented and proven and a known commodity. He?s a big time player who changes the entire outlook on a season. HUGE drop off going from him down to Brice. Need the Pirate to seal the deal tonight with Costello.

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thanks ... and this is a big part of why I read this board

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Originally Posted by Dogbone

Leach has only had one transfer quarterback, Gardner Minshew. So I don't think looking for transfers is something he will continue to do. Maybe this year to get everyone on board with his Air Raid offense.

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Anthony Gordon was a JUCO transfer as well. So his last 2 have been. Transfer QBs are being taken seriously and pursued by everybody at this point.

I'm not nearly as sold on Brice as I am on Costello.

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Originally Posted by msstate7

I'm not nearly as sold on Brice as I am on Costello.

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Anyone Leach brings in I am sold on. Be honest, if today was 2 years ago, and Minshew and Costello were both available who would you be more sold on?

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Originally Posted by CadaverDawg

It's not just blue bloods, man. The reason you see it more in blue bloods is because these guys want to transfer to either a consistent top team, OR a system that will pad their stats AND give them a shot at winning at a high level while giving them one last showcase year for a potential shot at the NFL. That's where we fit in with Leach as our HC.

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But the blue bloods are the ones that are actually winning because of it. Look at us last year, Arkansas, Missouri, Miami, Maryland, WVU and I'm sure others all floundered the entire season after hitting the transfer portal for a QB. Were all pretty much disjointed from the start. You could even argue that if LSU only had Burrow for a 1 year rental in 2018 he is a failure. I just don't see getting Costello for a 1 year transition year as vital, but I'm not against him coming.

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Originally Posted by chef dixon

But the blue bloods are the ones that are actually winning because of it. Look at us last year, Arkansas, Missouri, Miami, Maryland, WVU and I'm sure others all floundered the entire season after hitting the transfer portal for a QB. Were all pretty much disjointed from the start. You could even argue that if LSU only had Burrow for a 1 year rental in 2018 he is a failure. I just don't see getting Costello for a 1 year transition year as vital, but I'm not against him coming.

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The blue bloods are winning because they're blue bloods. They were beating us with the groomed QB's just like they're going to beat us with the transfers. Because the talent surrounding the QB is so much better too. LSU beat us like 30 straight times with no QB that could throw. We are now intriguing to guys like Costello because it's an air raid big numbers system but it's now in an elite conference. To not take advantage of that interest because "it only works at blue bloods and we want to develop a guy" is just senseless in my opinion. But I'll just agree to disagree. The transfer portal is here to stay and we will have really good options at QB every year Leach is here....might as well take advantage, bc there is no guarantee a 3 year "groomed" Will Rogers will be any better than a 1 year former 4 or 5 star. In fact, Costello is a much less risky option than even a Will Rogers with 3 years in Leach's system would be if we had that option.

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Originally Posted by Dawg-gone-dawgs

Anyone Leach brings in I am sold on. Be honest, if today was 2 years ago, and Minshew and Costello were both available who would you be more sold on?

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Costello. If they were both available 2 years ago, I'd bet leach would've chose Costello then too.

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Originally Posted by HailStateSZN19

All good here. Chase Brice is currently at Clemson right now though. He’s been there backing up Lawrence for the last 2 years & now he’s looking to go elsewhere to play his final 2 years of eligibility somewhere. He’s got to be a talented kid if Clemson signed him out of HS, but he’s extremely unproven and inexperienced like Tommy was. I wouldn’t be against him coming necessarily but he’d have a lot to prove to get me super excited about it.

Costello on the other hand is uber talented and proven and a known commodity. He’s a big time player who changes the entire outlook on a season. HUGE drop off going from him down to Brice. Need the Pirate to seal the deal tonight with Costello.

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I totally agree but I will say that Brice sure looks much better to me than Tommy ever did. Let's get Costello tonite.

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Originally Posted by timotheus

I totally agree but I will say that Brice sure looks much better to me than Tommy ever did. Let's get Costello tonite.

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I can agree with that. Brice looks better than Tommy did and looks like he'd have more potential as a true QB but also has about the same level of inexperience as Tommy had. I'm betting Brice has thrown a good bit more passes in games than Tommy (both are low totals though really) did coming in but still, significant game experience is lacking just like Tommy.

Agree with you though and especially your last part, let's just seal the deal with Costello tonight and roll!

If we don't get Costello, I'd just assume go with what's on roster and may the best man win.

Looks like Brice is not visiting. Costello it is!! (or better be)

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Originally Posted by Dawg-gone-dawgs

Looks like Brice is not visiting. Costello it is!! (or better be)

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So we're either supremely confident Costello's visit to Washington is not too serious and Leach will close it out with his in-home or we are just going the "Costello or bust" route & he's the only one Leach really would want to take and if we miss on him, just roll with what we have. I'm trusting the Pirate and what he wants to do, especially with QB's.

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Originally Posted by HailStateSZN19

So we're either supremely confident Costello's visit to Washington is not too serious and Leach will close it out with his in-home or we are just going the "Costello or bust" route & he's the only one Leach really would want to take and if we miss on him, just roll with what we have. I'm trusting the Pirate and what he wants to do, especially with QB's.

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If we for some reason don?t get Costello, Peyton Ramsey from Indiana entered the transfer portal yesterday. If you look at his career stats, he seems exactly like the kind of guy Leach would pursue. But obviously Costello is our first choice.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

And here we go...

Shades of Cam Newton. Alright my freak out is over.

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I don't know if UW will pay 180K.

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Originally Posted by Jack Lambert

I don't know if UW will pay 180K.

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Price has gone up since then